Shirt.



No. 703,73l. Patented m I, I902.

mp. MAGLY.

7 sum.

(Application filed Mar. 13, 1892.)

(No Model.)

' MZ 7W? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON PAUL MAGLY, CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SHIRT- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,731, datedJuly 1, 1902. Application filed March 13,1902. Serial No. 98,010. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, MILTON PAUL ll/IAGLY, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Cincinnati,in the county of Hamilton andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in shirts, and has forits object to provide a shirt of a simple and inexpensive nature whichshall combine certain of the advantages of both neglige and dressshirts, giving the appearance of a dress shirt when worn with a high-cutvest, but having the lower portion of its bosom made soft and pliablesimilarly to a neglige shirt, so as to render the improved shirt morecomfortable, especially in warm weather, than shirts having a stiffbosom.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the improved shirtwhereby certain important advantages are attained and the shirt is madesimpler, cheaper, and otherwise betteradapted and more convenient forWear, all aswill be hereinafter fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention,Figure 1 is a view showing a shirt embodying my improvements, the lowerportion thereof being broken out for lack of space. Fig. 2 is asectional view taken centrally and vertically through the outer ply orpart of the shirt-bosom along one side of the front opening therein.Fig. 3 is a detached detail View showing one form of the facing-strip orreinforce for the shirtbosom at the side of the front opening, in

which said strip has its upper end enlarged to form a lining for thestiff and thicker upper part of the bosom. Fig. 4 shows a modified formof the improved shirt, in whichthe said facing-strip or reinforce isformed into a plait the upper end of which extends vertically over thestiff and thicker upper part of the shirt-bosom.

As shown in the views, 1 indicates the body portion of the improvedshirt, and 2 represents the neckband thereof.

3 indicates the bosom portion of the shirt, which is made in the waycommon in neglige shirts from a single thickness or ply of the materialof which the body portion of the shirt is formed. The improved shirt hasa front slit or opening 4 extended centrally downits bosom portion fromthe neckband 2, and this slit or opening is adapted to be closed bybuttons 6 6, which may be either sewed fast upon the shirt or may beremovably held thereto in a well-known Way. The outer edge of theshirt-bosom 3 has along the edge of the front slit or opening 4 afacingstrip or reinforce 5, formed from a separate strip or piece ofmaterial stitched to the edge of the material from which the bosomportion 3 of the shirt is formed, and this facingstrip or reinforce 5extends along the lower portion of the slit or opening 4, as shown inFigspl and 2, giving a double thickness of material, in which thebuttonholes may be formed, the upper end of said strip or piece ofmaterial 5 being preferably made laterally extended or wider along oneof its sides, as shown at 10 in the detail view, Fig. 3.

7 indicatesa piece or sheet of material of the kind commonly employedfor the bosoms of ordinary dress-shirtsand cut to a general triangularform, with its upper edge curved and held in the seam at the neckband 2of the shirt along one side of the front slit or opening 4 therein, itsupper extremity being extended up to theshoulder portion of the shirtand being adapted to be held by ayoke or in a shoulder-seam in awell-known way. The diagonal side edge of said piece 7 is extended downdiagonally from the shoulder portion of the shirt toward the edge of thereinforce or facing-strip 5, near the upper part of said strip 5, andthe lower end of said piece 7 is extended, as shown at 8, across theouter face of the facing-strip 5 at the base of the enlarged upperpart10 thereof. A similarlyshaped piece or sheet 7 is extended in a similarmanner over the upper part of the shirtbosom at the opposite side of thefront opening 4 therein.

The enlarged upper end 10 of the facingstrip or reinforce 5 is cut in aform similarto the piece or sheet 7, which is extended over it in such away as to give to the upper part of the shirt-bosom below and around theneckband 2 a three-ply thickness,and,if desired,this thickened upperportion of the shirt-bosom may be made with one or more other linings,

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as shown at 9 in Fig. 2, so as to further increase its thickness andstiffness, the corresponding part of the shirt-bosom at the oppositeside of the front slit or opening 4 in the shirt-bosom being similarlystifiened and thickened. By this construction it will be seen that theupper part of the shirt-bosom immediately beneath and around theneckband 2 is made thick and stiff, after the manner of the bosoms ofdress-shirts, and when the improved shirt is worn with a high-cut vestthis thickened and stiff upper portion will be the only part of theshirt-bosom visible at the opening in the vest-front, so that theimproved shirt will then present the appearance of an ordinarydress-shirt with stiff bosom. At the same time the lower portions of theshirt-bosom 3 being of a single thickness of material are soft andpliable and do not retain the heat of the body, so that the improvedshirt may be worn with the same comfort as neglige shirts and is thusespecially well adapted for use in hot weather. The lower portion of theshirt-bosom being thin and soft does not so readily show the effects ofperspiration as do the stifi bosoms of ordinary dress-shirts, and saidsoft and thin bosom is not liable to become cracked and crumpled, sothat the improved shirt is capable of being worn for a greater timewithout appearing untidy than are ordinary starched shirts.

In Fig. 4 I have shown an arrangement wherein the upper end 11 of thefacing-strip or reinforce 5 is extended up over the outer face of thepiece 7, so as to form a central plait extended up the shirt-front andgiving when worn with a vest the appearance of a plaited shirt. In thisform of the shirt the plait thus formed covers up the lower end of thesheet or piece 7, so as to give an improved appearance and finish.

From the above description it will be obvious that the improved shirt isof an extremely simple and inexpensive nature and is especiallywelladapted for use, since it combines the appearance of a dressshirt withthe comfort of a neglige shirt, and it will also be obvious from theabove description that the improved shirt is capable of somemodification Without material departure from the principles and spiritof the invention, and for this reason I do not wish to be understood aslimiting myself to the precise form and arrangement of the several partsas herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A shirt having a bosomportion formed from soft and thin material and provided with a frontslit or opening extended down said bosom portion and provided withfastening devices, the upper part of said bosom portion being providedupon its outer side with stiifened or thickened parts extended aroundthe neck of the shirt and upon the shoulder portions thereof and havingtheir sides extended from said shoulder portions of the shirt downwardto the edges of said front slit or opening with their lower ends abovethe fastening devices for said slit or opening, substantially as setforth.

2. A shirt having a bosom portion formed from soft and thin material andprovided with a front slit or opening extended down said bosom portionand provided with fastening devices, one edge of said slit or openingbeing provided with a facing-strip or reinforce, and the upper part ofsaid bosom portion being provided upon its outer side with stiffened orthickened parts extended around the neck of the shirt and upon theshoulder portions thereof and having their sides extended from saidshoulder portions downward and diagonally toward each other and to theedges of said front slit or opening with their lower ends above thefastening devices for said slit or opening, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Cincinnati, Ohio, this 11th day of March, 1902.

MILTON PAUL MAGLY. Witnesses:

JOHN ELIAS JONES, J. D. THORNE.

